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as in rejected
to declare not to be true
the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing
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as in declined
to be unwilling to grant
the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know
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as in refuted
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature
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Recent Examples of denied
Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
The agency that was set to investigate before being denied access to evidence and case materials is called the Force Investigations Unit of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, part of the Department of Public Safety.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
The team also requested to speak with Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, but that request was denied by Atlanta as the franchise seeks a new head coach that could retain Ulbrich on staff.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
After being denied entry into the school, Gregory is accused of shooting into the air.
—Terell Bailey, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Some people seemed angry about the fact that this wasn’t disclosed in interviews, though Cottrill has never denied it, and if anything, her honesty about it only adds to her authenticity.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
Under the visa bond program, the federal government returns the bond amount to applicants whose visas are denied, if visas expire before travel, or if a traveler leaves before their visa expires.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
The Supreme Court also previously denied an appeal filed by Davis in 2020.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Although Walker-Yeager claimed the shooting was out of self-defense, District Court Judge Michael Russell denied a motion to grant her immunity on the basis of self-defense.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
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At the time, ICE had requested local officials hold him in jail, but that request was denied, the affidavit said.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a liberal Democrat with a pragmatist bent, instantly rejected the suggestion that Mamdani represented the new face of the Democratic Party.—
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Demonstrators argued that taxpayer money should not be used to harm or kill innocent people and rejected claims that the killing of Good was an act of self-defense.—
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Google, Meta, Microsoft’s LinkedIn, and Elon Musk’s X have all delayed, adjusted, or flat-out refused to launch AI products because of the bloc’s laws.—
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And the defense refused to yield.—
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Trump administration claims that Good attacked or tried to run over ICE agents before the shooting have been refuted by the videos captured during the incident.—
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The New York Civil Liberties Union refuted Noem’s statements about sanctuary city laws.—
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But a witness’ account contradicted Siebenaller’s statement.—
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Those findings, published in 2020, contradicted the earlier hypothesis and raised doubts as to whether the species should be considered a hominin at all.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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Transparency instead of testing Where the vetoed SB 1047 would have mandated safety testing and kill switches for AI systems, the new law focuses on disclosure.—
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“Denied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denied. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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